U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

 and the Bureau of Reelaniation, 

 before undertaking a partieuiar 

 operation of the hydrosystein to 

 benefit, or that will adversely 

 atfeet, fish or w ildUfe, shall pro- 

 vide a written statement of the 

 estimated cost or benefit and 

 impact on the power system of 

 the proposed action. The Fish 

 Passage Center, in consultation 

 with the fish and wildlife man- 

 agers, shall provide a brief writ- 

 ten statement of the incremental 

 benefit or detriment to tish or 

 wildlife anticipated from the pro- 

 posed change. In the event that 

 a fish and wildlife agency or 

 tribe believes that the proposed 

 action \\ ill have an adverse 

 effect on tish and wildlife, Bonn- 

 eville should also obtain a brief 

 written statement of the adverse 

 effect. Copies of these state- 

 ments should be fiimished to 

 those parties considering the 

 request, to the Council, and made 

 available to the public. This 

 provision shall not apply to an 

 operation in response to a bio- 

 logical opinion requirement if the 

 requirement is so specific that it 

 leaves essentially no discretion to 

 the operating agencies on how to 

 fulfill the requirement. 



Annual Hydrosystem 

 Accountability Report 



Bonneville and the 

 operating agencies 

 shall assist the Council 

 in producing a report 



that shall provide an accounting 



of Bonneville's fish and wildlife 

 expenditures and hydiopouer 

 operations costs. For example, the 

 report should summarize 1 ) the 

 oNciall cost and impact to the 

 hydro and transmission system of 

 operations for fish and wildlife 

 and other non-power needs; 2) 

 a summary of each change 

 requested, the outcome of that 

 request, and the reason for 

 approving or denying that 

 request; and 3 ) recommendations 

 from fish and w ildlife managers 

 and tribes for modifications to the 

 operating regimes or investments 

 in facilities to improve fish and 

 wildlife habitat within the hydro- 

 system without undue affect on 

 the costs to, or impacts on, the 

 hydrosystem. 



Annual Report on Flow Augmen- 

 tation 



Bonneville, in consultation with 

 the National Marine Fisheries 

 Service and the U.S. Fish and 

 Wildlife Service, shall prepare 

 an annual report based on scien- 

 tific research for review by the 

 Independent Scientific Advisory 

 Board that documents the flow- 

 augmentation actions taken, the 

 benefits of flow augmentation 

 for fish survival, and the precise 

 attributes of flow that may make 

 t beneficial. 



Fish Passage Center 



This program continues the 

 operation of the Fish Passage 

 Center The Council will estab- 

 ish and appoint an oversight 

 board for the Fish Passage 

 Center, with representation from 

 the National Marine Fisheries 

 Service, the tribes, the Council, 

 and others, to pro\ ide policy 

 guidance and assure regional 

 accountability and compatibility 

 u ith the regional data manage- 

 ment system. The Fish Passage 



Center shall prepare an annual 

 report to the Council and the 

 oversight board, sunnnarizing its 

 activities and accomplishments. 



In-season Management 

 Coordination 



Through the biological opin- 

 ions, the federal agencies have 

 established an implementation 

 structure for annual and in-season 

 operations and for recommen- 

 dations on funding for passage 

 improvements. It is the Council's 

 perspective that the part of 

 the implementation structure that 

 allows for technical review func- 

 tions adequately, although there 

 is a need for greater participation 

 by affected entities. The Council 

 recommends to the federal agen- 

 cies that the Technical Manage- 

 ment Team and the Implementa- 

 tion Team be jointly sponsored by 

 the Council and the federal agen- 

 cies, and allow for effective par- 

 ticipation in these considerations 

 by the relevant federal agencies, 

 the Council and states, the tribes 

 of the Columbia River Basin, 

 and other affected entities, in a 

 highly public fonim. The Council 

 will initiate discussions to jointly 

 sponsor these coordination teams. 



Annual Operating Plan 



The Council requests that each 

 year, prior to March I, the in- 

 season management participants 

 prepare and make a\ailable to 

 the Council and the public an 

 annual operating plan, describing 

 the specific hydrosystem opera- 

 tions recommended for that year 

 In those instances where specific 

 operations have not been deter- 

 mined as of March 1. the plan 

 should identify the additional 

 decisions that will need to be 

 made, and the basis on which the 

 participants expect to make them. 



Emergency Actions 



To ensure the reliability of 

 the power supjils. |iower system 



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